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History of Australian Rules

In 1858  Henry Golden Harrison and Thomas Wills founded the Melbourne Football Club (Tom Wills was a cricketer who had been educated  at Rugby).  The rules of the game were derived from the games played at English public schools...".   See Wikipedia and more below

• Early History of Australian Football  from Wikipedia
• Full Points Footy devoted to the history of Australian Rules Football; Chronology from 1858
• The first 60 years of Tasmanian Footy; "In 1864 a club existed at New Town but disbanded soon after ...."
• Origins of the game from Footy-stamps;"Football was first played in Melbourne, Victoria, perhaps as early as 1840 although there was probably little resemblance to the game that is played today. The origin of Australian Football has long been in dispute. One theory is that it originates from an Aboriginal game, Marngrook ...."
• Thomas Wentworth Wills - the first hero of Australian Rules football.
• Brownlow Medal winners from 1924; Wikipedia
• A brief History from SmartGambler; includes teams in the Victorian Football Association in 1877

   Know the game Australian Football

• Beginners guide, including origins from All Footballs and the Rules
• Faq * from Rec Sport Football, covering in particular playing the game, player positions and their roles, pitch details, umpire signals, details of the playetc
• The Game  from the International Australian Football Council; includes Laws, field dimensions, player skills and much more
• Background from Wikipedia
• The Game from US Footy, covering all aspects of the game and its play.
• Some alternatives views of the sport  from Urban Dictionary
• The Drafter is dedicated to AFL (Australian Rules Football) Draft news, information, ratings, rankings, statistics and predictions.

    Australian Rules Forums air your views or seek answers to those burning questions about the game

• US Footy Forums announcements, clubs, college, general, Juniors National Championships, Umpires
• Talking Football Forum from Australia; general, betting, polls, unhappy?

 National Sites

• AFL The official Australian Football League site; news, results from each state, fixtures, stats, history, competitions (including fantasy game)
• AFL Players Association official site; established to provide an appropriate consultative mechanism for the AFL and the Clubs and provide the collective voice of players, in making and implementation of player rules and other matters affecting an AFL player. 
• AFL Dream Team Forum designed to help give you the edge in your dream team league, as well as keep you up to date with all the latest Aussie Rules news from Australia.
• Australian Soccer Links OzFootball. A very informative and updated set of links to the full Oz Scene
• BigFooty - share your passion! message boards,  fantasy football, members calendar (your birthday is not a secret!)
• AFL Footy News talking football Forum and newsdesk
• OzRules forums, chat, news, clubs, broadcasts, AFL ladder, fixtures, stats on clubs, players, matches and premierships, links etc
• Realfooty from The Age Fixtures, ladder, live football, news, fixtures and results for AFL clubs, columnists, International links, best of the 90's, city and country...
• The Bladder ezine with an alternative look at Australian Rules

• ABC  AFL news, articles ands match reports; video and audio reports
• Sportal - AFL news, previews, articles, match report, poll ..
• Sports Australia - AFL news, articles, fixtures, table, results
• Telstra - AFL news, live matches,  completed matches and archive scores and statistics, AF Club sides
• # the Score - AFL  scores,
• World Footy News  provides independent reporting on all the international Australian Rules footy news, articles, stats, polls links etc with an emphasis on the leagues and clubs outside of Australia
• Yahoo Sports AFl coverage  standings, teams, schedules and news

• International (IAFC)
• Canada (CAFA) 
• Danish AFL 
• New Zealand AFL
• North America (AFANA)
• UK (BARFL)
• US Footy